Naomi
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13 years ago
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on: Show HN: Pinterest for text
Can you add an easier way to browse the quotes people have already posted? Also, if you spend a few days adding more quotes to the database, the site would be a lot more fun to hang out on. Consider that there may be viewers who want to observe passively before adding anything themselves.
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: Hacking The Status Game
I am a female and I am only friends with equals, both men and women.
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: How to stave off decline of HN?
Here's an idea I've seen on other sites: before a comment is approved, the poster has to go through a page that contains general posting guidelines. Often it seems people write something quickly, without stopping to think whether it might be offensive. This would give them an extra chance to censor their contribution.
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: A conversation between two chatbots and how one found out the other is an AI.
This reminds me of Waiting For Godot:
"ESTRAGON:
And so on.
VLADIMIR:
The point is—
ESTRAGON:
Until he comes.
VLADIMIR:
You're merciless.
ESTRAGON:
We came here yesterday.
VLADIMIR:
Ah no, there you're mistaken.
ESTRAGON:
What did we do yesterday?
VLADIMIR:
What did we do yesterday?
ESTRAGON:
Yes.
VLADIMIR:
Why . . . (Angrily.) Nothing is certain when you're about.
ESTRAGON:
In my opinion we were here.
VLADIMIR:
(looking round). You recognize the place?
ESTRAGON:
I didn't say that."
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: My Experiences as a Female Software Engineer
My question is: what is it about the naivete of the uninformed/the queries of the inexperienced, which incite such revulsion in the mind of a programmer? Aside from the fact that obviously no one wants to waste time filling someone in on the basics, or do their work for them? Something about being an outsider is, sometimes, inherently looked down upon in this field, it seems. These aren't isolated incidents, is it some sort of reflex? Could it be an assumption of stupidity, because how could any cognizant human be unable to think in that way?
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: How many people reading Hacker News do not have any programming skills?
Not only can I not program, but in addition to that I am a female. In the past I've tried to ask questions from throw away accounts, which were poorly received. So I limit myself to reading and refrain from posting anything. It's better that I don't participate anyway, since I would be wasting a lot of valuable time, which I need to use for my other projects. The amount I've learned in the last year is staggering, and I recommend this site to friends.
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: MapQuest Joins the 21st Century With a New Design
It's difficult to interpret this mapquest version of live traffic conditions. They are showing the traffic on every tiny street all at the same time, not just major roads and highways, so it's hard to see what's even on the map at all. Google maps does a better job of leaving the smaller streets out of the traffic image, and then displaying them only when you zoom in.
Naomi
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15 years ago
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on: Ask HN: Review my startup, LitLift.com
I signed up and I love it. It seems to be geared towards fiction though. Is there a way to use it to help organize ideological themes and subtopics, so you could switch them around and put them in different orders? Maybe a place to set down main ideas so they could be elaborated on at a later time?
